Years ago as a kid I remember on Blue Peter once, they were all zooming around the studio on bar stools mounted on wheels.
They were simply powered by a 12v car battery mounted on a base plate and the motor was simply a cars starter motor! They went like poop off a shovel.
Surely someone with basic engineering skills or mechanic skills could mount one under a hose reel and link with a simple fan belt system, motor to reel..... I don't know but the idea is simple............
What do you think??? Anybody got the skills???
The power drill idea is a good one but seems a lot of space and time and a very expensive drill???
Found this on you tube, surely it could be done on a hose reel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ8EIZZef6M
The reasons for the drill rather than anything else:
These were
cheap - they were end-of-line and on sale, so I bought three. Each had two batteries - I've sold the three spares on ebay and I'm left with drills that basically cost me about £12 each.
They are immediately replaceable. If a drill gave up tomorrow, then (a) I have a spare - see above (b) if the spare gives up then any 18v drill will do - I'm not restricted to identical equipment, so I can always go for an item on sale.
I can run the two reels with one drill if I need to - just spin the drill round - takes a couple of ticks.
It's simple - every single component in there is purchased rather than made or modified to do the job (barring the connection via the battery pack)
Vin